title: The politics of paying for health reform: zombies, payroll taxes, and the holy grail.
abstract: This paper analyzes the politics of paying for health care reform. It surveys the political strengths and weaknesses of major options to fund universal coverage and explores obstacles to changing how the United States finances health care. Finding a politically viable means to finance universal coverage remains a central barrier to enacting health reform.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA. oberland@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Oberlander
mesh_terms: D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000191:economics*; D011057:Politics; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013660:Taxes; D014481:United States